The Rain in Spain

Unfortunately flooding in Spain is not new. The rain in Spain turns dry ravines into dangerous raging torrents.

Dunstable Downs

Yesterday we went on a 5 mile circular walk on the Dunstable Downs.

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The Famous Five

On a wet Sunday afternoon at boarding school time seems to pass slowly. Today a week passes more quickly. This is because aged eight a single afternoon takes up as much memory space as a month now that my memory has become chocker.

Herts and Sole

In Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen. This month in the SE of England it’s an Indian summer and yesterday Bertie and I went to Hertfordshire.

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Garden News

Like Frank Sinatra, regrets, I have a few and one was ordering Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Varigatum’ in January last year.

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Atishoo!

I read The Lord of The Rings and associated Mordor’s black volcanic plain with Morden at the end of the black Northern Line – somewhere to be avoided, at least by me as I am not a brave Hobbit.

Castles & Walled Gardens

Government backed “levelling up” has mixed results. That’s my way of saying taxpayers’ money is usually spent as ineffectively in this area as it is for overseas aid.

The Royal Parks

Everyone’s at it – I mean making money out of car owners. And why not? If you can afford to run a car you can afford all the FPNs (Fixed Penalty Notices) and car parking charges. So why is parking free in the Royal Parks?

Banana Mess

Biosecurity poses a significant risk across the globe. In the UK diseases threaten humans, animals, birds and flora. There are precautions in place to mitigate the ones we know about.